Mike Epps Net Worth , Biography Age, Family, wiki, And Life Story What are Mike Epps' net worth and salary? Mike Epps is an American...
Mike Epps Net Worth, Biography Age, Family, wiki, And Life Story
What are Mike Epps' net worth and salary?
Mike Epps is an American actor, comedian, producer, singer, and rap artist with a $5 million net worth. Mike Epps is best known for his stand-up comedy with the "Def Comedy Jam" tour and his work with Ice Cube in the "Friday" series.
Category:
Richest Celebrities › Richest Comedians
Net Worth:
$5 Million
Date of Birth:
Nov 18, 1970 (52 years old)
Place of Birth:
Indianapolis
Gender:
Male
Height:
6 ft 1 in (1.87 m)
Profession:
Actor, Writer, Singer, Rapper, Film Producer, Screenwriter, Comedian, Voice Actor
Nationality:
United States of America
Early Years
Michael Elliot Epps was born on November 18, 1970, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mary Reed and Tommy Epps are his mum and dad. From a young age, he was pushed to use his funny side. As a youngster, Epps started doing stand-up comedy. Before coming to Brooklyn, Epps lived in Atlanta and worked at the Comedy Act Theatre.
Comedy and Movie Jobs
In 1995, when he moved to Brooklyn and joined the "Def Comedy Jam" tour, Mike Epp got his big break. He was also in two episodes of "Def Comedy Jam" on HBO. These changes helped him start his job as a comedian and become better known.
"Strays" (1997), Vin Diesel's first movie as a director, was his first movie role. Then, he was cast as Ice Cube's co-star in "Next Friday," the second movie in the "Friday" series, which came out in 1999. He got the chance to try out for the part of Day-Day Jones when Ice Cube came to one of his stand-up shows and told him to. In the movie "Friday After Next" from 2002, he played Day-Day Jones again. In 2002, he also worked on the movie "All About the Benjamins" with Ice Cube. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, he also worked on the films "How High" (2001), which starred Method Man and Redman, "3 Strikes" (2000), "Bait" (2000), which starred Jamie Foxx, and "Dr. Dolittle 2," in which he played the part of Sonny the Bear. In the 2008 movie "Open Season 2," he also gave voice to a bear named Boog.
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Epps had a very successful year in 2008. In the same year, he was in the comedy "Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins" with Martin Lawrence, James Earl Jones, and Joy Bryant. He was also in "The Grand," which was directed by Zak Penn and starred Woody Harrelson and Cheryl Hines, "Soul Men," which starred Samuel L. Jackson, and "Hancock," which starred Will Smith and Charlize Theron. In 2011, he got the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his part as Willie Earl in the movie "Jumping the Broom" (2011). Epps has also been nominated for a Black Reel Award, a BET Comedy Award, and other awards. In 2012, he got his first part that wasn't a comedy. It was in the remake of the 1976 movie "Sparkle" with Jordin Sparks and Whitney Houston. He played Satin, who is the main bad guy in the story.
Epps has also been in "Malibu's Most Wanted" (2003), "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" (2004), "The Honeymooners" (2005), "Resident Evil: Extinction" (2007), "The Hangover" (2009), and "The Hangover Part III" (2013). He's been in movies like "The Fighting Temptations" with Beyoncé in 2003, "Repentance" in 2014, "School Dance" in 2014, "Stealing Cars" in 2015, "Nina" in 2016, "Meet the Blacks" in 2016, "Girls Trip" in 2017, "Where's the Money" in 2017, "Death Wish" in 2018, "Troop Zero" in 2019, "Dolemite Is My Name"
Epps has also kept working in the world of comedy while he has been playing. "Under Rated & Never Faded" was a stand-up comedy show that he put out in 2010. He also ran the 2010 BET Hip Hop Awards that same year. "Mike Epps: Don't Take It Personal" came out in 2015, and "Mike Epps: Only One Mike" came out in 2019.
Recording and a Career in Music
The record "Funny Bidness: Da Album" by Mike Epps came out in October 2009. Young Dro, Slim Thug, Too Short, DJ Quik, Flo Rida, Snoop Dogg, and Young Jeezy all appear on it. It was No. 98 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and No. 9 on the Top Comedy Albums chart when it first came out. He has been in a number of other songs and projects, like rapper French Montana's "Mac Wit Da Cheese" (2009) mixtape and Dom Kennedy's "Intro/Hard Work" song. His stand-up comedy in "Under Rate & Never Faded" has also been copied by Bad Meets Evils and J. Cole.
Personal Life
Kyra Robinson, the producer of "Iyanla: Fix My Life" and an OWN Network employee, is married to Mike Epps. In June 2019, they got married in Newport Beach, California. Before Mechelle McCain, he was married to her from 2006 to 2017. Epps and McCain have three kids together, and Epps has another child from a past relationship.
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